The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-18 00:00:00

THE SOITTHERN CONFEDERACY, (From the limes Correspondent) RICHMOND, June 7. Once more hay e the shouts of the combatants and the roar of their numerous artillery been heard in the streets of Richmond, and by the calm and im perturbable Pref3ident of the Confederacy himself. Gnce more have the hills and valleys in front of the Southern capital been stained with blood and ploughed by cannon balls, and the night air made hideous by the wail of the wounded and the groans of the dying. For one month the armies of the North and the South have been wrestling for the mastery —been grappling each other in a death struggle. Daring that brief period torrents of blood have been spilt, and thousands of hearts have ceased to beat for ever. And yet the Federal army, note withstanding it has been handled so roughly, has marched with such rapidity, has made such nume rous and desperate assaults, and has lost so heavily, is believed to be not one whit nearer to t'ne goal of its ambition than it was when it crossed the Rapidan. Trae it is not so far from the Confedes rate capital if you measure the distance by miles or leagues ; but if you measure it by the obstacles in the way—the steady lines and glittering bayonets of Lee's dauntless veterans—the Federal com. mender would seem to be as far back from the ac complishment of the object of his campaign as ',Chen e stood upon the red hills of Culpepper. Lraoking back over the period which ha s elapsed since Grant put his large and well-appointed army in moti on , we are able to appreciat e the merits of a campaign which seems destined t o end in disaster. The state ments of Northern newspapers, the admission of officers who have been taken prisoners , and the ap p ar ent confidence of G r a n t himself, leave no doubt that he fully expected when he crossed the Rapidan and turned Lee's right flank that the latter would retire upon Richmond, and that there would be a race between them as to which should reach there first. If such were his expectations he was con vinced of his error at ti.e, Wilderuer,l and 3potsyl* vania Court House, where he found that the Con. federates had not retreated upon the Capital, and that he with his far outnumbering army was not equal to the task of driving them out of his way. The only alternative left him, therefore, was either to abandon the undertaking or to imitate the crab, end advance sideways. He adopted the latter plan, and it must be confessed he has prosecuted it with energy and success, since he has at the same time both covered Washington and threatened Richmond. In this way he has avoided the necessity of leaving a considerable force in his rear to protect his capital as M'Cleilan did when he placed Nl'Dowell at Fre dericksburg in 1862 with a column of 40,000 men. It had been wiser, however, if he had declined battle at Spotsylvania and the Wilderness, since he lost more men at those places than M'Dowel.l did at Fredericksburg. Indeed if he had detached the same force to cover the capital that NH:ellen did, and had moved with the main body of his army around to West Point by water, he might possibly have formed a junction subsequently with the de tached column—at all events he might have saved the many thousand men who now sleep beneath the soil of Virginia and crowd the fetid hospitals of the North. It is only his advance that can be characterised es having been prosecuted with vigour and success. The plan of campaign itself is faulty and unwise to the last degree as the result has shown, Whatever his advisers may urge in extenuation, the fact will remain that he might have reached his present position without a battle or the loss of a men. self. On the Ist instant General Lee, suspecting Grent would attempt to repeat what is known among the Confederates as his " crab movement," began to mar ceavre for position. Kershaw's and Hoke's divisions of Anderson's Corps (the latter tempora rily attached to the corps) were sent to the right to the old battle-fields of Gaines Hill and Cold Har bour, with orders to occupy the eminences in that quarter. They attacked the enemy in the front, and drove them to their intrenchments. Breckin ricige and Mahone of Hill's Corps were equally successful in gaining certain advantageous positions. In the afternoon the enemy attacked Heth, aod were repulsed by Cocke's and Kirklania's brigades, also of Hill's Corps. In the meantime a force of infan try was pushed from the Whitehouse up to Tues• tall's station on the York River Railway, on the Confederate right. It has sines been ascertained that this force constituted a part of Butler's army, the greater part of which has already joined Grant. On the morning of the 20 it was discovered that Grant had edged away to the right, as Lee had suspected he wculd do. He had not gone far, however, for Lee hugged his lines too closely for him to move except under cover of darkness. The Confederates were put in motion on a parallel line, while Early, commanding E well's corps (Ewell being sick) swung round late is the afternoon and took the enemy in flank, drove him from two lines of intrenchments, took 700 prisoners, and inflicted a heavy loss in killed and wounded, his own loss being trifling. Gordon, who has been made a major general for his gallantry at the Wilderness and Spotsylvanie, was conspicuous for good behaviour on this occasion. Night put a stop to the conflict. Meanwhile Breckenridge, supported by Willcox, proceeded under orders to attack the enemy on Turkey Hill on the extreme right, and drove him from it after a sharp contest, thus securing a strong and important position which the Federals had al• ready occupied. This hill commands the approaches from the north and east to the military bridges which M'Clelian threw over the Chickahominy. It was evident that Grant was aiming for :these bridges; consequently Gen. Lee continued to move his army to the right on the evening of the 2d, until he had thrown it right across Grant's path, where the latter supposed he had comparatively a small force. Great must have been Grant's surprise therefore at half-past 4 o'clock on the morning of the 3d, when he moved against the Confederates, to find them in greater force where he expected to find them weakest, and standing firmly up to their work behind some rude breastworks which they thrown up the preceding night. His asss:ait ex tended along the entire line, except on tb.d extreme right, and was everywhere repulsed, wi t h h eavy less. It was not repeated on the ',eft until near the close of the battle, when it we,s again repulsed. The chief attack was made upon Kershaw's, Field's, and Hoke's divisions of Anderson's corps in the centre, and uPou Breckezridge's and Mahone's divisions of Hill's corps next on their right, the heaviest and most determined assaults being directed against Kershaw and Hoke and the left of Breckenridge. In many respects the battle was a repetition of that of the 12th of May at Sp otsy l van i a Court house. While he kept up a threatening attitude along the w hole line, Grant ma sse d a very heavy force and hurled it a g ain and a g ain with tremendous violence against a s ingle point. F or a f ew minutes he broke over the breastworks at a salient on Breck inridge's left, and capture d three gnus—but, i n l ess time than it takes me to narrate the circumstances, General Finnegan rushed into the breach with his Floridians, an d swept th e enemy out, retook th e guns which they had just finished loading, and turned them upon their flying columns. Seven dife ferent assaults were made amainst Kershaw's front, each one of which, as were all those made against Field, Hoke, and Breckinridge, was repulsed with a slaughter that has to parallel in the war except at Spotsylvania. It is true that each succeeding assault was feebler than the one that preceded it ; but the Federals came near enough each time for the Confederate marksmen to cut there. down in wide blue swathes stretching far across the field. Th e slaughter was sufficient, on e wo u ld think, to satisfy even Grant's thirst for blood. The battle reged with great violence wail half.past 10 o'clock five hours—when the Federals retired beaten at all points, and took shelter behind their intreechtnents near at hand. Bat few prisoners were lost or taken by either side. The loss sus!ained by Grant in killed and wounded i 3 estimated at 15,000 mon. The loss sus tained by the Confederates does not reach 1,000. At first I was disposed to discredit the latter re port, but a visit to the hospitals, to the medical chiefs of divisions and corps, and the medical direc tor of the army, has removod all doubt. The testi mony of officers in the trenches is confirmatory of Brigadier the reports derived from medical rn cp. General Law, who received a painful though not dangerous wound over the eye, states that up to the time he was wounded-9 a.m.—but three men in his entire brigade had been hurt, including him• No people were ever more thoron;hly in earnest than the people of these States. The schools have all been closed except for boys and girls of tender years ; women who have been delicately reared willingly forego the luxuries and comforts to which they have been accustomed all their lives, and give up their linen and silks for the coarse fabrics produced by the looms of the country ; they perform the postal service in many parts of the country, and may be found at the wayside "homes," the hospitals, the sewing establishments, and, indeed, wherever there is work to be done or suffering to be assuaged. Wealthy planters and thrifty merchants and bankers gladly take their places in the trenches, and beat all the fatigue of the campaigne equally with the poorest ; ministers vacate their pulpits to preach in the woods and fields, and grayhaired fathers send their sons, to the camp and take their places at the handles of the plough. And now, when the army is engaged in a mortal struggle with a multitudinous foe, pious people everywhere, of every sex and con• dition, in public meeting and private devotions, offer prayers day and night without ceasing for the sue. cesa of the cause and the safety of their loved ones. Can such a people be conquered ? Ought such a people to be subjugated ? Even boys of 14 and 15 years of age run away from their parents to join the army. And what are the horrors from which these people are striving to escape? The inhabitants re siding on either bank of the lower waters of James River had already suffered all the evils which usually follow in the bloody track of civil war, but it has been reserved for General Butler to impose new burdens and practise additional barbarities. In some instances the men have been shot down by drunken black soldiers or scourged to death, and then nailed to trees and gate-posts, and their neighbours, for asking permission to inter their re mains, have been forced from their homes and transported to distant prisons. 'Where the men have been made to suffer thus, the reader may imagine, though I shall not attempt to depict the unmention able horrors to which women have been subjected, and under which they have actually perished! Meanwhile, the world looks on with folded hands, and grave European statesmen even desire the suc cess of the party one of whose trusted officers is this wretch Butler ! Grant renewed his attack on the nights of the 3d and 4th, and again on the night of the sth, but without result ; each assault was repulsed with heavy loss to himself, and hut little to the Confede rates. During the night of the .sth he retired his right wing about two miles, and placed it behind a swamp, which protects both the flank and front of this wing of his army. Not content with this security, he has thrown up strong intrenchments around his flanks and along his entire front. It should have been stated before that the battle of the 3d was fought upon the same ground as the battles of Gaines' Mill and Cold Harbour in 1862. It was at Gold Harbour that Jackson first struck M.Clellan's flank and rear in his first grand flank movement, a fact well-known to the Confederates, and from which they drew fresh inspiration. The position of the armies was reversed in some respects, the Federals occupy ing nearly the same ground the Confederates held in 1862. In the engagements of that year at Gaines' Mill and Cold Harbour, M'Clelian, though strongly intrenched, was driven from his position with heavy loss. Thus far Grant has found it impossible to dislodge the Confederates from the same ground. The latter availed themselves upon some parts of the field of the works from which they formerly drove M'Ciellan. Among the killed on the Confederate side are Brigadier-General Doles, of Georgia; Colonel L. M. Keitt, of South Carolina, formerly a distinguished member of the United States House of Representa tives, and Colonel Edwin Willis, of Georgia, a late graduate of West Point, and one of the most pro. mising officers in the Confederate army. Among the wounded are Brigadier. General Law, of Ala bama, Kirkland of Georgia, and Lane of North Carolina, the two first slightly. Major-General Breckenridge had his horse killed under him in the night attack of the 4th. On the evening of the sth General Grant sent a communication to General Lee, proposing, that when the armies were not actually engaged either party may, upon notification to the other, succour its wounded had bury its dead. General Lee re. plied that he preferred the custom common on such occasions—to wit, that the party desiring to remove its wounded and inter its dead should send in a flag of truce, and ask permission to do so, adding that the burial party should be accompanied by white flags. To this Grant rejoined, affecting to under. stand General Lee as accepting his proposition, and informing him that he would send forward • a force between the hours of 12 and 3 o'clock p.m. of the 6th, to care for the wounded and killed, end that they would be instructed to carry flags of the kind designated by General Lee. The latter immediately informed him that he had misunderstood him, and that if he, Grant, would send out a party for the purposeindicated without first obtaining permission under flag of truce to do so, be would cause the party to be warned off by his pickets. 1 am not informed whether any further communication has been received from Grant. His dead and many of' his wounded still remain in front of the Confederate intrenchments, the one poisoning the air by their stench, and the other vexing it by their cries fo r help. The Confederate cannot discharge th-, dut i es of humanity on account of the fire of 'rte Federal and Grant is unwill , ,e it g to solicit -per mission to do it, since wo ,- , id imply Federal his defeat. Thousands of his dead were left unburied at the Wilderness and SPc'tt', - ylvania Court-house for the same reason. u P ." . derstand that Grant has made the usual req , : xst for permission to bury his dead, and that _A ce has granted it. THE MURDER OF MR BRlGGS.—Explained by an imaginary confession in the Spectator :—" Yes, it is all true as you say, and my name is Herman --- Swiss, of a German Canton, and I will tell you all about it. I was at Bow, on the station, and I saw this old gentleman, and I wanted money much, very much. No, I am not a thief, but I wanted money very much, and the old gentle man took out his watch, and I saw his bag, and I thought how pleasant it would be to take both, and as I was taking my seat I saw him get into a carriage alone, and I got out and went to his carriage, and sat opposite him. He sat in his corner and dozed. I thought I would take his watch, and to prevent his crying out I would stun him, so I dropped my glove, and he stooped kindly enough to pick it up, and I hit him on the back of his skull with a little life-preserver I carry, and snatched the watch. But the blow was not hard enough, and ha revived and looked at me, and said he should know me again, and I thought of a prison, and hit him agaia, and again, till the blood spurted all over me, and he lay dead. Then I got horribly frightened, and thought only how to get rid of his body, and I seized him and stretohed out my hand over the door, and opened the handle, making it all bloody, and lifted him up, and struck my knee for ward and threw him on to the next set of rails, thinking all in a moment the next train would run over him. I was in a dreadful fright, 'and did not search him or take off his diamond ring ?—how was I to take his ring with the hand so clutched with the pain— but when he was gone I tried to open his leather bag, and made it bloody, but it was empty, Then I looked out, and the body was not on the rails but between them, and I looked in and saw the blood on the cushion and the matting, and I got still more frightened, and when the train reached Hackney I jumped out, and the porter was looking for sixpences, and the ticket man worried by people passing him, and I ran down the em. bankment in the dark, and buttoned my coat over the bloody shirt, and put on my gloves over my bloody hands, and got safe away. Next day I wanted to get rid of the watch and chain, for 1 wanted money very much, but I thought every pawnbroker's shop would be vi s it e d, an d b e i ng a f ore i gner I did not know any receivers, so I went to Mr Death's and changed tha chain, and took another and an old ring with a head on it. I didn't want that, but I was afraid to resist too much, so I took it and stood in the shadow, and walked away rapidly. No, nobody assisted me, for lam not English, and I didn't want to murder the man. No, I don't regret it very much, I wanted mc nsy so much, and he threatened me. Why did I pitch out the body? Because I was in a fright, and it was almost dark. Why did I try for the watch before we reached the station ? Because I thought if I quietly in th e confusion, stunned him I cou ld say ho was in a fit, and sli p away and you see after wards I hadn ' t many wits, th e bl ood frightened me so: H ow did I know that region so well ? I didn't know it, but I wanted to avoid the door, and so I : lumped d o wn there, and got away. Yes, I took his hat i n my fright ' and should have taken h is money, only I had n o ti me, and I thought his leather bag was sure to have money: 1, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1864. DRAMATIC COLLEGE FETE, The fete held annually at Syderham for the benefit of the Royal Dramatic College has now become one of the recognised entertainments of the London summer, and the season would scarcely reach its normal termination were not two of its latter days enlivened by the conversion of the grand transept of the Crystal Palace into the semblance of a country fair. An imitation of " Richardson's Show," a conjuror's booth occupied by Messrs. Toole and Paul Bedford, a circle of stalls, presided over by ladies of histrionic fame, and an " Aunt Sally," under the guardianship of Mr. Buckstone, are among the established symbols of July. All the usual ceremonies took place on Saturday last, when the fete was opened by Mr. Romer, the permanent Herald of the College, who, shortly after 12 o'clock at noon, opened the fair with mock solemnity. No sooner was this concluded than the whole fair was replete with life and noise, for even at noon the transept was crowded with an expectant body of visitors, and the orators on the parades of the different shows vied with each other in bawling for patronage. Most attractive among these temporary places of amusement were " Richardson's Show," " Womb well's Menagerie," and Messrs. J. L. Toole and Paul Bedford's " Temple of Magic"—which last did not, hawever, open until 3 o'clock, the conjuror and his assistants being the principal artists in Richardson's company during the earlier afternoon. The play, entitled " Don Sobre Isquierdo (very literal Spanish for "over the left"), was quite on the prin. ciple of those once popular tragedies that in a fvw years will probably be obliterated from the public mind, and the audience roared with laughter to see Mr. Toole attired as a romantic lover sacri ficing his life for the sake of a bulky innanzorata, represented by Mr. Paul Bedford. When relieved by another company these gentlemen returned to their own " temple," Mr. Toole went through a series of legerdemain tricks, while Mr. Bed ford waited upon him as a silver buttoned page. These tricks, it should be observed, were not, as on former occasions, a burlesque of the conjuror's art, but were performed by genuine sleight of hand and with a neatness which would have done no discredit to a Frikell or a Hermann, Real feats were also performed by some unnamed juggler in a ;booth inscribed " Gyngell's Wonderful Exhibi tion." Wombwell's Menagerie presented a most strking appearance on the outside, decorated as it was with a number of extremely well-executed pictures of animals that covered a large space. " Parents and guardians" were assured that the beasts might be visited without the slightest danger, and the good faith of this assurance was soon made manifest, to those who entered the booth, for the once savage animals had been stuffed. One cage alone held living inhabitants—namely, a lion and some monkeys, personated by human actors, and a stalwart Van Amburgb, represented by Mr. J. Robins. The showman of the menagerie was Mr. Addison, who performed his duties with a great deal of humour. Next in importance to these three principal shows was Mr J. Clarke's " Museum of Antiquities." The antiquities were objects of the commonest kind, described by tickets attached to them as highly interesting relics. These inscriptions bad been de vised with much ingenuity, and there was an at traction of the non-deceptive kind in the shape of Lupini's small horse, exhibited on former occasions. It is melancholy to state that shortly after the open ing of the show some wounds were discovered in one of the poor little animal's haunches, and these were only to be accounted for by the conjecture that some blackguard, out of wanton cruelty, had cut the horse with a knife. There were several other booths of smaller dimen sions, and for the amusement of the loungers about the fair there were, in addition to Mr. Buckstone's " Aunt Sally," a Jack-in-the Green, attended by Messrs. C. Smith and R. Romer as "My Lord" and " My Lady," a Punch and Judy show, and a wandering acrobat, whose energies were kept down by the vigilance of a sham policeman. The stalls for the sale of fancy articles, &c., were, as usual, ranged in a circle encompassing the centre of the building, the names of the lady vendors being inscribed over them in letters composed of pink rosettes. The circle was, however, inter rupted this time by an admirable copy of Shaks pere's birthplace, set up on the occasion of the Ter centenary celebration, and exhibited on Saturday by Mr. Phillips, of the Adelphi. Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. A. Mellon, and several others were at their posts immediately after the opening of the fair, and attracted a large number of purchasers, but some of the ladies did not arrive till late in the afternoon, Among these was Mademoisella Stella Colas, who at once became such an object of uni vers.sl curiosity that her stall was not even to be approached without a crush—the throng increas ing as the afternoon advanced. Altogether the fete was admirably conducted and went off with great spirit. To-day (Monday) the same entertainment will be given, the price of ad mission, 2s. 6d. on Saturday, being reduced to one shilling. o'clock, and then proceeded to the westward, also in search. Should the Copenhagen or any other merchant vessel re quire assistance off the Bay of Biscay, it is possible she may be relieved by the Encounter, 14, Capt. H. Dew, from China, which touched at St. Helena on the Ist June, or by the screw steam frigate Narcissus, 59, [tear Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker, 1i.C.8., from the Cape of Good Hope. These ships are expected daily at Plymouth. Railway and Other Companies, MEDITERRANEAN HOTEL (LIMITED). An adjourned general meeting of this company was held on Friday at the London Tavern, with a view to ascertain how many share and scrip holders would agree to continue in the company, and how many would accept a return of £2 10s. per share ; Mr E. H. Uraufurd, MY., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that a resolution had been come to at the last meeting between the directors and the committee of shareholders to the following effect : " That with a view to ascertain how many shareholders and holders of scrip will agree to continue their connection with the company, and how many will refuse, the com mittee and directors be authorised jointly, if they think fit, to take counsel's opinion as to the legal Effect of such an arrangement, and to communicate jointly with the share holders, and to take such other steps as may be necessary ; and this meeting stand adjourned to this place for the :15th of July, 1861, at three o'clock precisely." This had been embodied in a circular to the shareholders stating that it was extremely desirable that the directors and committee should be in possession of the views of the shareholders at least two or three days before the adjourned meeting. They therefore requested the shareholders to re turn an :answer on or before Wednesday, the 13th inst., stating whether they desired to remain in the company or not, telling them that if no reply were received from them it would be assumed that they preferred to remain in the company rather than surrender their shares on receiving 10s. per share. The result of the circular showed that the holders of 1,245 shares upon which £5 each had been paid were willing to surrender them on receiving back £2los. per share. Then there were the shares held by the committee who had nit replied to the circular, but he understood they were willing to take the £2 lOs. with the rest—that would add 433 shares more, making 1,675. The scrip holders were also willing to agree to the proposition. After several propositions were rejected, an amendment by Mr Harris was carried to the effect that as it appeared the holders of about 1,700 shares were willing to receive a return of £2 lOs per:share if they could legally do so, and the directors being of opinion that this agreement could be carried out, it be resolved that the directors pledge them. selves to carry out that agreement with the committee, I and that the meeting stand adjourned to the sth of August. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE " SPECTATOR" ON THE NEW ERA IN OUR FOREIGN POLlCY , —Political circumstance and the mood of the hour are now playing very decidedly into Mr Cobden'e hands. His favourite formula of " no foreign politics for England" is being practi cally adopted by most politicians—by many who would be scarcely loth even to profess it as a creed ; and if we should hal, e during the next ten years no wiser statesman than during the last ten, Mr Cob den may yet live to see the time when people will be as little ashamed of his maxim that our ambas sadors should be the commercial travellers of Eng land, as they now are of its less vulgar equivalent —" no foreign politics," Those who discredit and disgrace a nobler creed are responsible for the reac tion which inclines men to follow Mr Cobden into a theory of international behaviour—we cannot call it a duty—so mean and selfish that it could not be disgraced. The fact, however, cannot be denied that Mr Cobden's principles have gained a great step in English estimation in consequence of the suddencloud which has descended on the representa tives of a spirited foreign policy. The great register of English opinion has already openly declared for them. It has proclaimed in article after article that a new era has begun, in which England is to hold her tongue, acquiesce in everything, however flagrant and shameful, that happens abroad, unless it touches her own interests, and as a proof of her sincerity, is not to look on smiling while Denmark is ground to powder, but openly to proclaim her intention to withdraw all resistance to the slave trade, and to tolerate it calmly for the future. Public opinion, says the 7iniea, has declared decisively "that we are neither to fight nor threaten except when our interests are imme diately concerned. . . . . In this respect we view the debate of last week as the com mencement of a new era. Public opinion has pronounced itself decisively, and we summon all statesmen who would hold a permanent place in the councils of their country to mark and to obey it." And again within two days the same great inter preter of the majority of Englishmen took the opportunity of the conversation in the House of Commons concerning Brazil, to clinch the general maxim that we must " reform the policy of the Foreign Office in accordance with feelings of the times in which we live," by a forcible practical illus tration. The African squadron for putting down the slave trade, it said, is the greatest possible trans gression of the newly-received theory. Counting up, it remarks, the expense of the squadron to English taxpayers, with the fevers and other sufferings of its crews, and the much greater sensitiveness of the white race to " sufferings which are the daily lot of a poor savage, to whom they appear as the ordinary destiny of humanity," remembering, too, " that we are not answerable for the negro, while the Govern ment is deeply responsible for the fate of every sub ject of the Queen entrusted to its charge,"—count ing and considering these things, it openly calls upon the nation to take care "that the question of the prevention of slavery may not escape notice as a prominent part of the present system of intermed thing in the affairs of foreign nations." When Mr Cobden reads this noble exposition of the future English foreign policy, we are surd that he will begin to take in the Times again. Even he could not have put the matter more broadly, and we doubt whether he would have put it so courageously. That touch of infinite contempt for " the sufferings which are the daily lot of a poor savage, to whom they appear as the ordinary destiny of humanity," —that significant valuation of a few English deaths from yellow fever and a few annual pence out of the taxpayers' pockets as evils so great as to transcend absolutely and enormously that of the degradation of a whole race and the barbarism of a vast continent, are developments so instructive of the true moral logic of Mr Cobden's policy, that we feel sure that astute tactician would never have brought them forward, But the hmes, as usual not caring for the votes of fastidious men, but wishing to reap the full advantage of appealing straight to the course and selfish English common sense, has perceived that this is the true moral ins Terence involved. If we aro to present an apathetic front to the sufferings and wrongs of foreign races and nations, we must accustom ourselves at once to feel that the suffering of one Englishman will out weigh in our moral scales the sufferings of any number of foreigners. We must learn at once to be wrapped up in ourselves; we must, as Dr. New man says, say " what is required by our position el we must learn to disbelieve if we can that " the very negro whom we tread upon, in corporal an guish feels a pang as great as when a Saxon dies ;" we must, in short, feel and think unselfishly, and be selfish to our heart's core, if we are to ensure a safe and consistent policy of selfish isolation and " no foreign politics." As the man who makes up his mind to push his own interest in the world is obliged in eelfedetence and consistency to believe from the bottom of his heart that his interests have an infinitely higher and deeper claim on him than any other person's in the whole world, so if we are to inaugurate " the new;era" in earnest, we must prepare for it by depreciating the sufferings of others, thinking lightly of their wrongs, and find ing oat reasons why we should not permit them to ruffle our enjoyments. Moreover, it is quite consis tent with, nay, almost demanded by the same prin ciple, that we should be aggressive in the East while isolating ourselves in the West; and here we think the Times is more consistent than Mr Cobden. The same policy which stands aloof where alliances would involve something of disinterestedness and self-sacri• lice, will properly encroach and threaten where only weak Japanese or Chinese are concerned. When we repudiate once for all the maxim parcere subjectis debellare superbos, it is likely enough that we shall adopt in its place the counsel to be tender to the haughty, and to press with all our arma ments upon the oppressed. The two principles hang perfectly together. And before long we have no doubt that Mr. Cobden will be convinced by his new allies bow right and natural it is that the Eng lish selfishness which takes the form of cold indiffe rence in three continents should take that of haughty arrogance in the fourth. The " commer cial travellers" will be right in bullying where they can get a large custom by bullying than by servility. After we have broken off our international ties with Europe aed America, and spurned contemptuously the suffering barbarians of Africa, it will be but natural to recoup ourselves by a showy and dicta torial policy in Asia for the humiliations of isola tion. In proportion as we shrink in the West, we shall desire to puff ourselves up in the East, As we lose deference here among our equals, we shall swell with ostentation there among our inferiors. Nor is this the worst. It is quite impossible that a foreign policy built upon selfishness can help react ing on domestic policy. "Am I my brother's keeper ?" was not originally the language of a wise foreign Policy, but of an unhappy as well as guilty domestic policy ; and those who adopt it in the former capacity can hardly fail to see it resume something of its original significance. Who that has eagerly advocated a selfish and self - occupied policy for England can upbraid a class for stand ing aloof in precisely the same manner from the life of the nation, and while consulting for its own benefit in the narrower sense, Ignoring or even superciliously discrediting the notion of duty towards other dlcts‘les Cannot we see this leaven already beginning to Work on the class which we should suppose es yet the least likely to be affected by it, in such letters as those from Mr. H. Coningsby which have been paraded in the Times? The principle of those letters is, for the working class, exactly the principle which Mr. Cobden wishee td see applied to the international 1 , - eelicy of England, and 'which Cain wished to see applies to the fraternal policy of families. Mr. Con ingsby put forward an ostentatious desire to stand aloof from the political privileges of the nation as advantages scarcely deserving to be weighed in the scale against the acquisition of private wealth, knowledge, and independence by the working class—precisely the view of English foreign policy which Mr. Cobden wishes to force on the nation. And if this dispositi on s h ou ld spread in the working class, we believe it will be the most certain preparation for a vulgar and tyrannical use of the political advantages of numbers, whenever the great working class does at last seize the reins of power ;—just as Mr. Cobden's selfish " stand aloof " policy for England in Europe tends more than any other to foster the unscrupulousness with which the commercial classes are disposed to press the power of England in China and Japan where the trade feeling is (perhaps prudently, in its own narrow sense of the word " prudent") as aggressive as it is meek and abject at home in the presence of great Powers like Germany or France. TILE SATURDAY REVIEW ON TILE FUTURE PROS PECTS OF TILE MINISTRY. —Nothing succeeds like success : and France, finding that Lord Pelme . r ston's Government is going to stay in, seems in clined to be friendly once more, to forget the affront of the rejection of the Congress, and to patch up a new cordial understanding with the Whigs. The theory of the Standard, we observe, is, that as the Imperial i Government is the most isolated in Europe, and the present English Government is the most despised, they are brought together by misfortune. They are led, in fact, to cultivate somet hin g f that i reckless and hollow cordiality with which while women, who are left out, encourage each the pretty ones are dancing. Thus one considerable difficulty difficulty is removed out of Lord Palmerston 's it is no longer possible to say that, if n e gla ' t'iti is to act cordially with the Emperor, Lord Derby must take office. The weakest part of the prospects of the Ministry is that it cannot carry its domestic measures now, and has no hope of carrying them. This Session has added nothing of the slightest importance to the Statute-book, excepting ono of Mr Gladstone's measures of encouragement to the economical poor, The Government cannot dictate House. All it can or even suggest a policy to the do is to make it evident that its opposeents are as powerful as it is itself, If Lord Derby came could not hope to have more of substantial strength than Lord Palmerston has, although the superior discipline of the Conservatives might give them a greater amount of available strength in proportion to their numbers. But then this powerlessness of the Government in consequence of the near balance of parties has been lately shown to be one of the inherent dangers of Parliamentary Government, and not peculiar to England. Lord Palmerston has not any very bright prospect before him. He can scarcely do more than exist ; but at any rate it has been shown that the House does not at present desire another leader, that France, in the long run, is obliged to consult its permanent interests, and that, while the country is so slightly stirred by political feeling as it is now, neither side can hope to achieve a distinguished success. THE " LONDON REVIEW" ON OUR SHABBY DESERTION OF DENMARK.—The war between Denmark and Germany is virtually over, and nothing remains but to settle terms of capitulation more or less disastrous to the beaten party. Re duced by successive defeats, and dispirited by disasters which no heroism could avert, the Danish army is no longer in a condition to interpose more than a temporary obstacle to any extension of their conqaests which the German Powers may choose to undertake, It is probable that by this time the whole of Jut. land is in their possession, nor is there much reason to doubt that the islands and Copenhagen are within their power, should they determine to push matters so far. Lord Palmerston did indeed assure the House of Commons the other evening that no attack upon the capital was contemplated ; but we cannot now place the slightest value upon state ments which only echo the faithless professions of the German Powers. Assuming, as we may no doubt do with perfect safety, that there is no longer any prospect of an English fleet intervening, even so far as to prevent the junction of the German naval forces in the Baltic, it is clear that the Danes are nearly as defenceless on sea as on land. Little, therefore, is left bat to wait with patience until the conquerors make known their pleasure. The King of Denmark, at all events, appears convinced that further resistance is fruitless. He has dismissed the Ministry of Bishop Mcmrad, and formed an other on the basis of peace at any price. What is the price which he has offered to pay—what is the price which Austria and Prussia may please to de mand—we are as yet ignorant. Looking at the antecedents of the new Danish Premier, there is reason to fear that Christian IX. may not be dis inclined to conciliate - Al. von Bismarck by entering upon a reactionary course of domestic policy. But it is scarcely likely that he would be permitted by his subjects to purchase at such a cost more favour• able terms of peace. With regard to the terms which Prince John of Glucksburg may have been commissioned to offer at Berlin, or to the conditions which Prussia may have prescribed, nothing is at present known. It is said that the Danish monarch has offered to surrender Holstein and part of Schles wig to Prussia, but even if it be true that such a proposal has been made, and that it is not unac ceptable to the Court of Berlin, we can hardly think that the latter would venture to set their allies at defiance by appropriating to themselves the whole gain of the war. Another version of the proposals of which the Prince is the bearer, is that they are based upon the personal union of the Duchies with Denmark, and the entrance of the whole kingdom into the Germanic Confederation. But although such a project might not be distasteful either to Count Moltke or to the King (who is, after all, a German), we cannot think it would be assented to by the Danish people. The one point upon which they have sat their minds, is the complete emanei. pation of their country from German influence, and we do not think that they would be ready to increase that influence either for the purpose of retaining a purely nominal supremacy over the Duchies, or for that of revenging themselves on the neutral Powers, who have left them to their fate. Undoubtedly if such a scheme were carried out, it would bring a severe, hut just, retribution upon Louis Napoleon for his desertion of an ancient ally. It is indeed highly improbable that Franca would regard with indifference such an eggrandisement of the Germanic Confederation. To England, on the other hand, it would be a matter of comparative indifference ; and after the Emperor's refusal to join us in maintaining the independence of Denmark, we should certainly not be willing to assist him in averting a contingent danger from France. It is evident that some un easiness is felt at Paris, both with respect to these negotiations, and to the alleged formation of a new Holy Alliance. The disavowals of Austria and Prussia have clearly failed to convince diplomatists and statesmen—who have probably good reason for their incredulity—that the despatches published by the Morning Post are destitute of authenticity. M. Drouyn de Lhuys has been instructed to inform the world that his master will be unable to disre gard the bearing of events as directly affecting the interests of all the maritime powers in the north, and even those of the equilibrium of this part of Europe ; and to express a hope " that no complica tion will arise of so grave a character as to neces sitate our embracing a different policy." The semi official organs of the French Government have once more received the cue to speak well of England, and to dwell with emphasis on the importance and des sirableness of an intimate Anglo-French Alliance. After the experience of the last few years, we know well what this means. It is impossible that we I should accept it as a mark of sincere affection ; but it is welcome as an indication that the Emperor's illicit political flirtations in other quarters have met with a signal repulse. THE "EXAMINER" ON RAILWAY COMMUNICA TION.—On railway carriages should be written, " He who enters leaves hope of help and protection." No matter what may happen, the passenger is cut off from all succour between one stoppage and another. The carriage may be on fire, or the wheels broken, and the bottom knocking to pieces against the road, or some personal outrage may be in pro cess of commission—robbery, rape, or murder, and there are no means of making known the danger, and stopping the train and obtaining assistance. All this has long been felt ; but the terrible murder on the North London line, and some recent out rages against women, have produced a fearful con viction that there is no safety in the system of isolation in the railway carriage, and that there must be an end of it. The surest and best method of communication is the Continental, by a gangway running along the side of the I I train, by which the guard visits the carriages, takes tickets, and performs other services of the road. If this mode of communication were adopted a signal of alarm would summons the guard to the spot, and he would judge whether or not the occasion was one for communicating with the driver and stopping the train. The objection that nervous people would be stopping the train for foolish fancies cannot, therefore, apply to the arrangement. The check to outrages and crimes would be most effectual, for though a villain might hope to so master his victim by a sudden attack so as to prevent recourse to the means of alarm, yet he never could feel secure against the guard's visits to the window. At any moment the guard might be passing by and hear the sounds of a struggle or cries for help. But these visits of the guard, it may he said, are not pleasant on foreign lines, and people will not like to have the guard pok ing his head into carriages to see what is going on. Well, but the question is whether a little intrusion (if it amount to that) is not preferable to robbery, or murder. The face of the guard appearing when he not wanted is not so bad as the face of a grinning manias:. And is not improved safety worth some small inconveniee" es For the last twenty -as for leoi slation to years the answers to all dens. nd three or four broad pl a ce railway management under' and simple rules for the publi c safe:v, e them y "Do not diminish their responsibility. Le has been - a to their responsibilities." But what has their re sponsibility availed ? Simply to make them pay damages; but not to cause them to correct the im prudences through which the mischief has hap. pened. We could name a company which had to pay many thousands for a disaster attended with loss of life, and frightful injuries per manently disabling several persons, all through the practice of running trains on the same line at intervals of three minutes. Yet a few days after the catastrophe the practice was resumed, and has been continued. It seems quite an infatua tion of companies to run these risks, for which they have sometimes to pay so dear, and which might be avoided with so little inconvenience or disturb• ante of their arrangements. But they prefer chancing it, to borrow the phrase of the most impudent of men, sailors. The responsibility upon which such reliance has been placed has, after a trial of a quar ter of a century, effected nothing for the improve. went of the public safety, removed no proved causes of danger, and the only remedy lies in legislation. The interference need not be much, and s hould be confined to a few rules, which cannot possibly de any harm. though it may be easy to dispute the a dvantage of them, such, for example, as a longer interval between Trains, and commun ication between passengers and guards, and between guards and drivers. A SPLENDID PORTRAIT OF DOMENICO SCAR. LA.TTI, the only one in existence, has, we learn from the Reader, been diecovered is Dladrid. Naval and Military Intelligence Rear-Admiral Lord Clarence E. Paget, M.P., arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday, and embarking in the Fire queen steam yacht, Staff-CommanderPaul, accompanied Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.B. paid av' - 4 to the lAutnnel fleet at Spithead. On returning. the fleet his Lordship left Portsmop.• from his visit to 4.3 for Brighton. The Channel fleet is exper , ..act to sail from Spithead to' westw ' a, probably callingin at Torbay, in at Bristol, and other ports not day yd o n afterwards a cruise visited dm', ng last summer's cruise. From the western ports the ‘ :,feet is expected to proceed to the north coast of Ireland. I The Channel fleet now at Spithead anchorage consists of the Edgar, 71, screw wooden line-of-battle ship, Capt. G. T. P. Hornby,flagship of the Admiral commanding,Sydney Colpoys Decree, C.B. ; the Warrior, 40, iron frigate, screw, Capt. Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C.B. ; the Black Prince, 40, iron frigate screw, Capt. James F. B. Wainwright; the Defence, 16, iron frigate, screw, Capt. A. Phillimore, and the Trinculo, screw wooden gunboat, tender to the flagship. The Galatea, 26, wooden frigate, screw, Capt. R. Maguire, I is under orders to sail from Spithead for the West Indies, 1 and is expected to convoy out the wooden gunboat, screw, Albacore. On Saturday Rear-Admiral R. S. Robinson, the Control ler of the Navy, paid an official visit to Chatham dockyard for the purpose of inspecting the works in progress and the vessels under construction at that establishment. On arriving at thedockyard he was met by Capt. Stewart, C. 8., superintendent, and the principal officials, and proceeded in the first instance to inspect the iron frigate Bellerophon, in the construction of which very considerable progress has recently been made. Leaving the dock in which the iron clad is building, Admiral Robinson visited the smitheries, which have recently been considerably enlarged to keep pace with the iron shipbuilding works, and examined the working of the powerful steam hammers for forging the heaviest por tions of stem and stern of the Lord,Warden and Bellerophon iron.slad. The Lord Warden was inspected. The progress made in the construction since the last visit of the Control- ler was considered very satisfactory, the vessel being com pletely in frame and the operation of fixing the inner course of planking now proceeding. Admiral Robinson also visited the Cadmus, 21, 400 horse power, undergoing a thorough repair, and also the Torch, 5, and after transacting official business with the captain-superintendent returned to the Admiralty in the afternoon. The paddle-wheel steam sloop Bulldog, 6, Capt. C. Wake, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday afternoon. She left Sheerness on Saturday, June 25, having in tow the hired transport Waubogweez. She conveyed the vessel to the entrance of the roadstead of Madeira and arrived there on the 6th inst. The paddle-wheel steam sloop Gladiator, 6, Capt. F. H. Short, being in attendance, took the trans• sport in tow immediately and left the same day for Cape Coast Castle, where the Waubcgweez will embark sick troops for conveyance to the West Indies. The Bulldog left Madeira on the 9th inst., and spoke, July 14, lat 45 40 N, long 9 40 IV, the bark Zealand, of Amsterdam, and lat 45 12 N, long 9 20 W, the brig Johanna, of Christiana, both bound out ; and July 16, off the Lizard, her Majesty's ship Cordelia. The United States frigate St. Louis left Mact e i ra on July 6 for the Azores. The hired transport St. Lawrence, 1,093 tons, Captain Toynbee, belonging to Messrs. T. and W. Smith, left Ply mouth Sound on Friday evening with about 30 passengers, including Col. Lamb. The St. Lawrence is gone to Queen town to embark the right wing of the 11th Regiment, when she will sail for Calcutta. A hired transport, said to be the Copenhagen, with a de tachment from the East Indies, has been spoken in the Atlantic short of provisions. On Friday afternoon the screw steamsloop Cordelia, 11, Commander John B. Scott, left Plymouth Sound in search. She was observed off the Lizard on Saturday by the Bulldog. Yesterday one of the Channel squadron, the iron screw ship Hector, 24, Capt. a. W. Preedy, C. 8,, made her number off Pl 3 mouth at 3 KENT COAST. The traffic returns on this line for the week ending the 3d inst. amounted on 27 miles to £2,400, and for the corre ponding week in 1863 on 10i miles to £B5, showing an in crease of 16t miles and £2,315. The traffic for the week ending the 10th inst, amounted to £2,600, and for the cor responding week in 1863 to £95, showing an increase of £2,505 in the receipts, and 161 miles in the length of line open for trail°. HULL AND HORNSEA. The traffic return on this line for the week ending the 10th inst. amounted to £212. NEWMARKET AND ELY. A proposal has been brought forward for the construction of a line between these points. The proposed capital is £OO,OOO, and the cost of construction is estimated by Mr Valentine, C.E., at £7,000 per mile. DU rcii RHENISII. The receipts for the fortnight ending June 30 amounted to £11,161, and for the corresponding period of last year to £9,862, showing an increase of £1,299. The receipts since the commencement of the present hook year, on the Ist of May, including the above, amounted to £12,253, show ing an increase, as compared with the corresponding period of last year, of £1,986, The working expenses for the fortnight amounted to £4,311, or 38.61 per cent, of the receipts, and for the corresponding period of last year to £3,836, or 39.07 per cent., showing an increase of £4.5. The working expenses from the Ist of May to the 30th of June, 1864, amounted to £16,473, or 38 . 98 per cent. of the receipts, DE MERARA, The traffic receipts on this company's line for the fort night ending the Ilth of June amounted to 3,470 dols, and for the corresponding period of 1863 to 3,155 dols, showing an increase of 315 dols, MELBOURNE AND HOBSON'S BAY. The traffic returns on this company's line, six miles in length, for the four weeks ending the 19th of May last, amounted to £5,952, and for the corresponding period of last year to £1,857, showing an increase of £1,125. The Terrible Rsiiiway Ar.r4lent in Canacia. The particulars which have been received of the terrible accident which befel an emigrant train on the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, unhappily confirm the fact that there was a dreadful loss of life, as already stated in the tele graphic despatches published a few days since. It appears that the Necker, a large packet, similar to those which bring the emigrants to New York, left Hamburg about the 18th of May, and arrived at Quebec on Monday, the 27th of June, bringing out 53S emigrants. These consisted of Germans, Norwegians, and Poles, whose destination was principally Western Canada, a few being bound for the Western States, and most of them had considerable means. On Tuesday night they were forwarded, with the exception of about thirty of the poorer class, by special train from Quebec, There must, therefore, have been rally five hun dred, if not more, on the ears, which proceeded without accident to Be'ail Mountain. Here the river Richelieu is spanned by an iron bridge, on the top of which the oars pass. A drawbridge forms the connection between the last pier and the abutment to the Montreal side. The bridge is about 1,100 feet in length to the opening of the drawbridge ) and about 45 feet above the water, which is some ten feet deep in the canal under the drawbridge. The rule of the company is that this drawbrid ge sup posed to be open, s that the train should therefore comp to a dead fit should always be `:;nd on approaching the bridge, and not at tempt t o - eroceed until the proper signal bas been given. fifteen minutes past one on Wednesday morning, when the special train arrived, the drawbridge was open to permit the passage of a steamer which had some barges loaded with grain in tow. The train, however, did not pull up at all, notwithstanding the established rule, and the dis play of the danger signal, the red light, which should im mediately have warned the Conductors of the train to step it, and not to proceed until the light was changed into a white one. The position of the bridge gives a view of the signal from a distance of 1,625 ft, Hence the conduct of the engine driver is the more extraordinary, as it is stated he could have stopped the train in from 500 ft. to 600 ft. The driver, it is said, admits having seen the danger signal, but alleges that he found it impossible to stop the train in time, Whether he could have done so or not was not proved at the time the present particulars were s ent, as tho coroner's inquest had not then taken place. C ertain it is that the train dashed on at a great pace, and, as mi g ht have been expected, when it arrived at the draw -bridge it Was found to be swung round for come boats to pass. Down this yawning abyss the cars, With their living f r eight, dashed headlong. The locomotive and tender, with the first Elie tars (baggage), want in first. the Bik p assenger cars piling down on top of them with terrific violence, being p reci p itated a distance of some 7 0 feet. At this very mo ment, as alread y mentioned, a steamer wes posing thi o irgh With siic barges in tow, and the accident Would undoubtedly have been of a doubly Mournful character had it not so happened that the cars fell on one of the barges, s i n ki n g it ) bat presenting the wreek•from being submerged to such a n extent as it would have been had the canal been Clear. The last three passenger cars, falling on the accumulated debris of the others, shunted slighly to ono side, and niter td the opposite ere • bankment, that is on the Montreal side. From thence the living were chiefly taken, the other cars containing few who had escaped a grave or mortal injury in the horrible crash. A little child was foand, singular to Sa y , altogether unin jured, lying in its dead mother's arms. The man in charge of the barge sunk , had a narrow esca p e along with his family. He heard th e train thundering alon g , lo oked up, and saw the drawbridge open, and, b ein g then imme diately underneath, h a d j us t time to snatc h his wife and little children away before the cars descended on his ves sel. Forty-five dead bodies were recovered early in the day, only 18 of these being adults. The remains were conveyed to a shed by the riverside, where they presented a sad spectacle, many of the dead bring terribly disfigured. Some of the children were only a year or two old, Harrosving scenes presented themselves in the tempo rary hospitals, where the wounded were placed together. Many of the wounds received by the poor people were about the head and face, rendering the sight still more hideous. Only one amputation was performed, and that on a woman, who bore the operation tt a most hero ic manner . Th e k nee joint had been badly f rac t ure d ) and amputation had to be performed, but the brave woman appeared more dis tressed at her husband's grief than at hor own misfor tur'S, or the pain s h e wa s suffering. The Government police did goo d serv i ce i n keeping the people from crowd ing round the sheds, and permitting the free access of friends, bem, an i ng th e i r sa d fresh air t o th e s i c k. M os t of those who had escaped were to be s e en wan d er i ng about seeking relatives or f a te, the melancholy ending of their hith er t o p rosperous vo yage, and the dissipation of their hopes and anticipations formed on coming to try their fortunes in a new country. The:majority of those saved were adults, The driver of the train escaped the doom which had fallen upon so many of those committed to his charge. The Moniteur promulgates the law voted in the late Legislative ,Session for fixing the Budget of 1865. The expenses are given at 1,750,922,583 fr., and the receipts at 1,752„036,062fr., showing a sur plus of 1,113,479 fr. LAW INTELLIGENCE.---July 16, COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.) lIOPLEY V. UOPLEY. At the conclusion of the judge's summing up, The jury retired, and after an absence of about an hour returned into court and requested that the evidence of Mrs. Hopley as to her last interview with her husband might be rt Lid to them. This was accordingly done, and at a quarter past five, they again returned, and stated that they wore unanimous up.2r l one issue, but were 7 to 2 upon the other and were not likely to agree. [Et will be remembered that the cause was tried by coLisent before 9 special jurors, no more of the panel answering to their names ] Sir J. Wilde asked the respondent if he would take the verdict of the majority? Mr Hopley said he would. Sir J. Wilde then repeated the question to the petitioner'e counsel. Dr. Wambey, in the absence of his leader (Mr. Kerslake) and of their client, was not able to do so. Sir J. Wilde—But would it not be worth while to send to Mrs. Hopley ? Dr. Wambey said he would do so ; and after a short delay he stated that though the attorney had not been able to communicate with the petitioner, her brother and mother were willing to take the verdict. The foreman then stated that they found unanimously that there had been cruelty—but that they found by a majority of 7 to 2 that it had been condoned. The petitioner therefore fails in her suit. Ironmasters' Quarterly Meeting. DUDLEY, Saturday Evening. The ironmasters' meetings tor the current quarter terrai mated in this town this evening, but the attendance was` small, and very tow transactions were reported. It is gone rally understood that the reduction of £1 per ton on the various descriptions of finished iron will be accepted by the trade; indeed, it would be next to impossible for even the makers of favourite brands to stand out. At the same time, so much confusion prevails, consequent on the pro ceedings at the Birmingham meeting, that some time will necessarily elapse before matters settle quietly down. Some thing will have to be done about wages, and a suggestion has been made that the chairman of the association should call a special meeting an the subject. A large number of the furuacemen employed on this side of the district are out on strike, but the stocks of pig iron are ample and the prices low, so that the pigmasters are by no means embarrassed at the step which the men have taken• The various manufacturing trades in this locality are la a healthy state. All the large works are in full operation , and:the new one in course of erection by Lord Dudley is rapidly approaching completion. In the neighbourhood of Wednesbury the principal establishments are well engaged, especially where the manufacture of railway fittings is car ried on. There is comparativeiy little of unemployed labour in any quarter, and accounts due this quarter day hove been puuc tuatly paid. COUNTRY MARKETS. NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. A moderate show of wheat to-day, with a firm demand ati is per qr over late prices. Barley very limited in supp,lY , and late prices were supported. Beans higher in price. —White wheat, from 45s to 50s ; red wheat, 39s to 425. Barley—malting, 30s to 378 ; grinding, 27s to 295. Oats, old, at 21s to 30s Od ; new, 19s to 258. Beans sold at 38 , to 42s per qr. ; new, 35s to 388. Flour, fine, 32s to 31s ; super, 36s to 38s per 20 stono. NORWICH—SATURDAY. There was a tolerably good supply of wheat to day. 0 , 4 last week's prices must be considered at fully as wile' money,Jarmers not being free selle,s. In other articleo little passing. White wheat. 46s to 478 Red wheat 42s I;o 44 0 Malting barley 35s to 36s Chevalier barley 33s t,o 34 8 Distilling d 0..... 29s to 30s i Oats.. 24s t 0 2 03 Flour, 28s Od to Od per sack from the miller. YORK—SATURDAY. A small supply of wheat on offer from the farmers, an d the demand being healthy an advance of is per q r tivas made for the finest qualities. Barley very scarce, and tho trade rather better at late rates. Beans, which were sold at prices favouring sellers, were in meagre supply, Oats lira 3l at advancing prices. Wheat, red 3Bs to 43s Oats.... White do .42s to 478 Beans Barley .24s to 28s Peas Malt, 58s to 60s per qr.; rye, 32s per qr.; 2 fi 3g o sss tu ttt , loo' 148234: to 34s per sack. GRANTHAM—SATURDAY. A small show of wheat, for which an advance of 1 ! per qr was made, with a ready sale. Barley scarce, and to about late rates. Oats were 6d to is up. Beans in reques t ! —Old white wheat,:4ls to 465; red, 37s to 42s per 36st• ' new white, 445 ; to 488 ; red, 38s to 445. Malting bar le y , 33s to 36s per qr ; grinding, 28s to 30s ; oats, old, 245 t) 265; new, 20s to24s; beans, 37s to 40s; peas, 34s to 38s. LE IC E STER—SATuuDAY. A tolerable show of wheat, and a firm business done at is per qr advance on last week's rates. Barley came to han d sparingly, and only met a moderate demand. Oats in fe lr demand at prices 6d in advance of last week. Beans were in only in moderate supply ; prices in favour of the seller. —New white wheat, 45s to 408; red, 43s to 45s per 36 stone. Old red, 38s to 42s per 36 stone. Barley, malting' , new, 33s to 35s per qr.; grinding, 26s to 28s; old oats, 27s to 295; new oats, 20s to 24s per 24 stone. 1 3 ° 12 ' 1 ' old, 40s to 42s per 38 stone ; flour, 25s to 30s per 20 atone' Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. July 19 ' via Marseilles Aug. 12 ' Arazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Aug. 4 ,.; 1 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena July 2,,"• China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southanipton.July 2S 1- via Marseilles July ‘• Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton July 19' India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 2?. via Marseilles July 2. India (Bombay), via Southampton July 26' via Marseilles July 21 ' Portuga 1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July 10. via Marseilles July 21 " Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... July 20. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. July 2 3 ' All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 1 P 9, California. and British Columbia.. Ju y - A YANKEE SELL, OR " NOT TIME ENOUGII A correspondent of a Nashville paper tells a WI about a person who was going to Chattanooga on the rail' road. When the train entered the tunnel and total der l ' - ness, said person asked a stranger how long it would b A ° going through. Stranger was a bit of wag, and rep liel ; " two hours." Person thought he would avail himself 0 ' the opportunity to don a clean shirt, and about the time 11c3 had "shucked himself" the train dashed right into Or light, exposing his person to the astonished gaze of 0°133° hundred pairs of male and female eyes belonging to gers, He had on no linen, and about as much sunle3ew clothes as the Apollo Belvidere.—Ncto York _Herald. ARCHBISHOP \VHATELY once receiving a . 11 ' ° ' land for his Oliver:—" The head master of ono of th model schools complained that some of the officers intrust' . with the inspection of the schools were unduly offi cion6 and not qualified for the duty. Surely,' said the Arc h ' bishop, but one can judge plum-pudding without being' cook.' True, your Grace,' retorted the head master, e° is not, on that account, qualified to go into the kitchen 0 1 take the cook's place.'" [ADVERTBEILENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and PO."' Old and Young.—These noble remedies cannot be te * : hi g hly extolled for the beneficial influence they exer t O le : the many maladies incidental to old age , and the vexatioe ci irritations accidental to childhood. All sores, u l c ers, b ad legs, and skin diseases, which secretly undermine to o health and render old age a prolonged to7ture, mOY 1. readily removed by the aid of this very cleansing and neta ing ointment, assisted by Holloway's purifying pills; in the nursery, chaps, chafes, rashes, cuts, sprains, burns may be readily cured. These remedies comprise the smallest compass the best means of preventing or 0 , • moving the greateF number of diseases which afflict xne nr kind through their ignorance, negligence, hardshiPek over indulgence. Births. BYRom.—On the 13th inst., at Leek, Staffordshire, t 136 wife of Commander W. H. Jones Byrom, Royal NO° of a son and heir. st. EGERTON.—On the 15th inst., at Bridgewater House' s A James's, the Ho n . are. Algernon Egerton, 0 ' daughter. de s GOILDON.—On the 16th inst., at No.l, Halkin-street the wife of Cosmo Duff Gordon, Esq., of a daughter Kali, ROBINSON,—On the 14th inst., at Osmondthorpe Leeds, the wife of Major Robinson, of a son. Marriages. HASTINGS—PAGET —On the 16th inst., at St. Georgl Hanover-square. the Marquis of Hastings, to the Fl ore nce Cecilia Paget, youngest daughter f the N o ' 1 -I of Anglesca.pic SMITH—YEArES.—On the 16th inst., at St. Janaes% ca dilly, Percy Shawe Smith, Esq., late Captain 13tili 3- 'L A Dragoo ns, to Annette, youngest daughter of W. W ia Yostes, Esq., of NorfolK-crescent, Hyde-park. Deaths. BATTEN.—On the 15th inst., at his residence, Lince's Feri339 Welwyn, Herts, Mr. Abraham Batten, aged 86. BRUCE.—On the 14th inst., at Leamington, Lady Br o.o widow of the late Sir James R. Bruce, Bart. ) of vo hill, Londonderry. Cox.—On the 14th inst., at Dundee, Robert Cos, aged 83. at en is own, ,„ &el Cross.—On the 13th inst . , K t" - t '" Esq., aged 78. CRAYTOR.—On the 21st Ap r il, of wounds received at (6)1611; kau, New Zealand, Ensign Alfred Chaytor, of the Regiment. NVESTbROOK.—On the 12th inst., at es ton, Niddleselr. 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